. Modern book-bindings & their designers. ld not be applied,like gold, by tooling, as wellas by paint, stain, or inlay. The method seems to demand white vellum forpurity and delicac)- of effect, and consequently tobe more fittingly applied to doublures than to theouter cover of the liook. Two tasteful designs byLeon \. Solon, whii h are here reproduced, havebeen executed in this wav, and torm a new andstriking addition to the binders craft. ^Vnother st\le of extra binding consists inembossing the design on the leather to such a depthas to assume almost the nature of Ijas-relief model-ling. Her
. Modern book-bindings & their designers. ld not be applied,like gold, by tooling, as wellas by paint, stain, or inlay. The method seems to demand white vellum forpurity and delicac)- of effect, and consequently tobe more fittingly applied to doublures than to theouter cover of the liook. Two tasteful designs byLeon \. Solon, whii h are here reproduced, havebeen executed in this wav, and torm a new andstriking addition to the binders craft. ^Vnother st\le of extra binding consists inembossing the design on the leather to such a depthas to assume almost the nature of Ijas-relief model-ling. Here another danger—the temptation to stuff the cover— comes in sight, and an almostaustere restraint is needed to save the art fromthat most fatal lapse— the simulation of an effect[jroper to another material. But that some quitelegitimate and artistic bindings ina\ be carried outin ver\ considerable excess of the usual treatmentol leather co\ers is e\irk-nt frrim such work as thatwhich we illustrate, from the hands of Miss Jockel,46. DESIGNED BY JIISS JOCKEL EXECUTED BY 1 HE GUILD OF WOMEN BINDERS Mrs. Macdonald, and Mrs. Traquair. Idie last-named lady shows a powerful and fantastic imagi-nation in her treatment of The World at Aiietwiiand Re/if:;io Medici, in \vhich the decoration formsa curious and obscure medley of synd)olism vergingon the grotescjue. The lettering is the most satis-factory portion of these designs ; it is archaic, butcongruous and clear, and its disposal round thef)order and along the back of the volumes har-monises with the large and leisurely spirit in whichthe work is approached. These are not books forhasty reference, but for quiet enjoyment in hoursof ease, or contemplation in the midst of somedevout and seemly ritual. Of similar sjiirit is thestrongly Celtic design of Mrs. Macdonald for thevolume l)earing the inscription Amor Laeiirymosus,and the poems f)f the two kuhes known V)) thepseudon\m of JSIichael Field. Miss Jockelassumes a more conventi
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